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"II is paradoxical that the man who needs the healthy environment most, is destroying its sanctity and purity for present monetary gains and endanger its own coming generation."
Never before in the history, the environment pollution has drawn such ate of policymakers, academicians and the court, at least in India. A lot of research has done during the last few years to find out a suitable linkage between economic activities and the environment and a need for new technologies has felt in order to save the environment from the ever increasing pollution.
Because of the rapid industrial growth the most precious heritage of mankind the natural environment is in danger of becoming polluted. Earlier most (economic activities, development policies, were centered towards the motive of benefits or gain, but for the last few years it has been sincerely realized that investment on environmental conservation and pollution control measures enhance and \v^ the productivity. It is necessary to save the mankind from revenge of the nature" pollution continues like in the past.
Environmental pollution causes Global Warning—a threat to the r civilization. In 1992, the United Nationals Framework Convention on Climate change (UNFCCC) was adopted. It recognized that industrialized countries were^ responsible for increased Green House Gases, concentration in the Earth's atmosphere and should be the first to act against climate change.
In 1997, United Nation's conference on global winning was held in the ancient Japanese Capital of Kyoto for ten days, the climate change meet lay deadlocked, as none was ready to take initiative to check the further damage to planet earth. USA and 37 other industrial nations agreed to binding reduction in their Green House Gas emission by 2012, setting out a target of five per cent below 1990 levels. The next meeting held at Buenous Aires, where it was agreed on Nov. l4, 1998, to set a time for discussing by 2000 the many issues that still need to be settled.
Actually the USA and Europe want that other developing countries like India, China, should act as per the accord signed at Kyoto, but India and China have their own reasons as in these countries industrialization has just began, while developed countries who are actually responsible for the global warming must act fast to have some remedial measures.
The present concern for preservation and conservation of environment from the hazardous impact on the environment due to human actions. Human den are increasing day by day, with the growth of population and modernization, and to meet with such increased demands the resources are limited. Reckless and regular exploitation of natural resources is causing serious impact on the purity of environment. The spread of many diseases like dengue, viral fevers, like endemic, soil erosion, floods, droughts, earthquakes, urban congestion and threat of extinction of many species of plants, birds and animals are the visible impact of environment pollution.
It is paradoxical that the man who needs the environment most is destroying its sanctity and purity for present monetary gains and endangers its own coming generation. Indiscriminate and unplanned industrialization has affected the environment to a great extent. It pollutes the air by releasing gases, smoke, fumes and dust. It pollutes the water by discharging wastes in rivers, wetlands. It also causes ruinous effects on the forests. The indiscriminate mining in forest has ruined many surrounding forests in Alwar, Makrana, Kishangarh, Raj-Samandh, areas of Rajasthan, Dehradun in U.P. and several other places which has disturbed the natural eco-balance seriously. Environmental pollution has become a serious health hazards.
India has been quick to realize the hazards of environment antipollution. The Govt. of India for the first time asserted its concern in the fourth five year plan (1969-74). A department of environment was established at the centre in 1980, to act as nodal agency for conservation and its protection. The successive plans also emphasized the necessity and importance of environment a] protection. In 1982, International conference on environmental education was held in New Delhi and emphasized the need for a massive programme of environmental education, research and monitoring. The conference specifically emphasized that environmental education must start from primary classes. World Charter on Nature, adopted by U.N. General assembly on28th Oct, 1982, declared that nature shall be respected and its essentials shall not be impaired. Conservation of nature should be a part of all economic planning’s. National Environment Advisory Committee was constituted in 1983 to identify and highlight the environmental issues and measures for the implementation of environment policy, and to organize public debate on national issues of environmental importance. In 1992. the Central Government has made the Environmental Audit compulsory. Industries are now required to submit Environmental Audit Report from the fiscal year 1993.
In our country, the Supreme Court has played very crucial role in preserving the pollution in the cities and preserving the forests. The various decision has forced the government to stop mining in forest areas. The Supreme Court has forced the government to adopt strict vehicular emission norms in the principal metropolitan cities. The Apex Court has also insisted on the use of preferred technologies and fuels such as CNG for buses and autos, in order to reduce the pollution levels. It is a good news that the government has given green signal for the development of Hydrogen fuelled vehicles that have zero pollution capabilities. A High Power Committee has been established in June 2003, to draw up a blue print for developing Hydrogen as an alternative fuel in India. The focus of present day policies is to use emission! technologies to be useful in preserving and conserving the precious natural environment Though government is quite serious to protect the environment yet it is the of every industrialist, every citizen to understand well the necessity of preserving! nature and purity of environment not only for ourselves but also for corn generation. It is the environment from where we get the first basic requirements oxy) and water for our existence; and we are bent upon to pollute them, isn't it like hit our own head ' We should make our mind and pledge to gift a pollution f environment to our precious coming generation.
Vocabulary
1. Heritage—inheritance, patrimony, legacy, birthright. 2. Motive—incentive, cause purpose, object. 3. Enhance—intensify, heighten, magnify, flatter. 4. Revenge—vengeance, requital, reprisal, getting even. 5. Threat—menace, peril, Culmination, intimidation- 6. Deadlocked—standstill, stalemate, impasse, standoff 7. Initiative—enterprise, (In’. energy, inventiveness. 8. Remedial—healing, therapeutic, corrective, medico 9. Reckless —thoughtless, heedless, breakneck, 10. Congestion—profusion, crowdedness crowding, overcrowding. 11. Sanctity—sanctification, sacredness. 12. Monetary— pecuniary financial, fiscal. 13. Indiscriminate—random, confused chaotic.14. Ruinous—pernicious, calamitous disastrous. 15. Hazards—risk. Peril, jeopardy. 16. nodal—of or like a node or nodes. 17- Emphasized—stress, accent, weight. 18. Massive—huge, heavy, bulky cumbersome.
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